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Novee Security raises $51.5M in Seed and Series A. Led by YL Ventures, with participation from Canaan Partners and investor oren zeev through Zeev Ventures., marking one of the largest early-stage rounds in Israeli cybersecurity. Novee is building an AI-powered penetration testing platform that continuously simulates real attackers, helping security teams identify and prioritize real exploit paths in fast-changing environments. Founded by Ido Geffen, Gon Chalamish, and Omer Ninburg, the team combines deep offensive security, R&D leadership, and large-scale cybersecurity experience to rethink how organizations test and defend their systems. Follow Who Got Funded Israel for more startup funding updates.

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"𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆." Tamir Ronen CISO at HiBob, runs security for a cloud-native HR platform managing employee lifecycles globally. His team had tools for cloud security, SaaS monitoring, endpoint protection. But they didn't have a way to see how those tools connected. Each system showed individual risks yet none of them showed how those risks chained together into exploitable attack paths. Within hours of deploying Breeze, Tamir's team found their first connected risk: three low-severity misconfigurations that, when combined, created a path to critical employee data. "One of the first findings we resolved was a set of low-risk misconfigurations that, when combined, formed a potential attack path, clearly demonstrating the value of Breeze." That's the gap most security teams have. Not missing individual findings, but missing how those findings can connect across your entire integration chain. Watch the full video to hear how Tamir's team shifted from managing alerts to disrupting attack paths.

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🤫🎥 Behind the scenes with Alon Talmor and Google Cloud's Managing Director, Google Cloud Israel, Boaz Maoz From infrastructure to interoperability to new ways to build with agents—we covered a lot today! Stay tuned for the video soon 👀

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Next time you ‘Vibe Code’: (🤫 whispering) Be aware that you aren’t in control of your system, so don’t ever never call it production-ready code, capiche? TL;DR: Wiz Research discovered a critical authentication flaw in the Base44 ‘Vibe Coding’ platform: Attackers could register verified accounts on private apps using only the app_id publicly exposed in app URLs and manifest files bypassing any proper access controls. 🥹

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Just finished watching a super insightful conversation with Michael Grinker and Michal Porat — and if you’re even a little curious about where AI + customer service is heading, this is one you’ll want to check out. 🤖✨ Both of them are absolute superheroes in their field, and it really shows in the way they break things down. What I can share (without spoiling too much 😉): AI is taking on far more than most people realize… but somehow, the human role becomes even more meaningful. And the way they explain when AI should step in and when a human absolutely must — 🔥. Clear, practical, and very real. There’s also one example in the video that really made me pause — huge implications for efficiency and customer expectations. 👀 Let’s just say: the future of service is going to feel very different. If you’re exploring how to balance speed ⚡ with empathy ❤️ in your customer experience strategy, this video is definitely worth your time: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eADWw3ep #AI #CustomerExperience #DigitalTransformation #Leadership #Innovation #FutureOfWork

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“𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟱% 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵.” These words come directly from Ofer LaOr, VP Engineering, and Avishay Cohen , Co-founder & CEO at Anima. Anima is a fast-growing tech company serving over 1.5M users. They faced a challenge: rapidly rising cloud costs and the need to scale quickly, all while keeping their team focused on building and innovating. That’s where CloudZone’s Max Squad stepped in. A dedicated team of a Customer Success Manager, Solutions Architect, and FinOps Expert, working side-by-side with Anima to cut waste, streamline operations, and always stay three steps ahead. In just one month, Anima reduced cloud spend by 25%, scaled seamlessly to handle 20× growth in LLM demand, and freed up its engineers to focus on its product and users. 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

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We’ve got a new hire! 🎉 Before we dive into all the cool stuff about Israel Odunrintan, he’s got a quick tip for us. Well, for fellow software engineers like him. Engineers, what do you think? Do you do this? Drop your own favorite tip in the comments 👇

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In today's BlackHat edition of CyberBytes we sat down with Kfir Gollan – CTO & Co-Founder of CeTu – to hear how he went from: 💻 Writing code at Wix as a teenager... 🎖️ Serving in the IDF’s cyber defense unit... ➡️ To now co-founding CeTu, a company rethinking how security teams make sense of the overwhelming flood of data in the GenAI era. In this episode, Kofir shares: ✨ Why face-to-face conversations still beat Zoom for building trust. ✨ How CeTu is tackling the scale and complexity of modern security data. ✨ What it’s like to launch a startup as a first-time founder With customers already onboard and demand outpacing supply, CeTu is one to watch. Listen now: 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e6_d29vV 🎧 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eNRaEriD #CyberBytesPodcast #BlackHat2025 #Cybersecurity #GenAI #DataOrchestration #Startups Ben GascoigneCeTuKfir GollanNina KorfiasMarketbridge

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Torq, the Israeli-American AI security operations startup founded in 2020 by Ofer Smadari, Leonid Belkind, and Eldad Livni, raised $140 million in a Series D round led by Merlin Ventures, pushing its valuation to $1.2 billion and total funding to $332 million. The company plans to use the capital to expand adoption of its self-service AI SOC Platform across Fortune 500 enterprises and into U.S. federal and public sector markets, building on strong growth driven by widespread deployment of its AI Agents for investigation and response in security operations centers. FOUNDERS: Ofer Smadari, Leonid Belkind & Eldad Livni INVESTORS: Merlin Ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Ventures Partners &Greenfield Partners ROUND: Series D AMOUNT: $140,000,000 VALUATION: $1,200,000,000 HQ: #TelAviv #Israel #VentureCapital #Torq #OferSmadari #LeonidBelkind #EldadLivni #MerlinVentures #EvolutionEquityPartners #NotableCapital #BessemerVenturePartners #InsightVenturesPartners #GreenfieldPartners #TradedVC

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